Another day-late TGIF! Hey, it's still Friday somewhere. Leaves are falling in Brooklyn, there's the scent of wood burning on the breeze, and hats and scarves are being located at the backs of wardrobes and eyed warily. A few of my terrace flowers are still hanging on, petals clenched like fists against the chill, but there's no doubt that the season has turned, and with it, Brooklyn denizens venture out for brisk walks to bagels and their first hot coffee in months. What are you up to this weekend? Wherever you are, let's raise our collective glasses to the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness. Here's to you.

Consider yourself made this weekend (thanks to the ever dependable smitten kitchen)

If like me, you love simultaneously stuffing a lemon up a chickens butt and listening to mad sounding but brilliant experts talking about everything from Zen buddhism to Jane Eyre to Alexander The Great, This is my favourite podcast to listen to while cooking.

I'm on the hunt for the perfect beanie. One that sits cutely in the middle of a venn diagram between egg-cosy and teenage grunge fanatic. Is this the one?

Oak NYC does the best comfy and chic and simple and sexy evening dresses in the world. Exhibit A here

I'm Alexandra King-Lyles, a journalist and writer living on a tree-lined street in Park Slope, Brooklyn with my husband Isaac and two black cats. I moved to New York from London in 2009, thinking I would only stay for nine months. Seven years later, I'm still here. On The Street Where I Live, you'll find real talk about relationships, careers, interiors, books and fashion as well as snapshots and personal stories from a blissfully imperfect life. Welcome, I'm so glad you're here.